Google Draw Graphic Organizers for Teachers
Several years ago when I started making webinars, my first one was on creating Graphic Organizers with Google Drawings. This was before I had started the this blog, so I never really shared all of that information in an official blog post. Until now...
Graphic organizers are a great tool to share information, explain a concept, or illustrate a relationship using elements including images, shapes, text, colors, and connecting lines. They can be used in education with any age group or subject area.
There are many excellent tools for creating graphic organizers. Some are installable programs, while others are online. Some are free, while other cost money. Educators and students should be encouraged to try out many different tools to determine what works best for them and for specific situations.
However, one great choice for graphic organizers is Google Drawings. See below for directions on how to create graphic organizers with Google Drawings (including a help guide and a recorded webinar) as well as 30 free sample graphic organizers that you can copy, use, and modify as needed.
Tutorials
For written directions on how to create graphic organizers with Google Drawings, see my help guide linked below.
- Google Drawings for Graphic Organizers - Google Docs link
For a 1-hour recorded training webinar, see the video below. (It was my first webinar, so it may be a little rough around the edges.)
Sample Graphic Organizers
Click the links below to get your own copy of any of these Google Drawing templates for graphic organizers. In each template, there are directions off the left side of the Drawings canvas. Feel free to use and/or modify these as needed, although please leave my attribution and blog link in the Drawings when you share them.
Word Study Diagram - Google Drawing link
State or Country Research Web - Google Drawing link
5 Senses Diagram - Google Drawing link
Frayer Model 1 - Google Drawing link
Frayer Model 2 - Google Drawing link
Compare and Contrast - Google Drawing link
Cause and Effect 1 - Google Drawing link
Cause and Effect 2 - Google Drawing link
Fishbone Diagram - Google Drawing link
Season Sorter - Google Drawing link
Question Chart - Google Drawing link
Story Map 1 - Google Drawing link
Story Map 2 - Google Drawing link
Character Description - Google Drawing link
Sandwich Chart - Google Drawing link
Main Idea and Details - Google Drawing link
2 Circle Venn Diagram - Google Drawing link
3 Circle Venn Diagram - Google Drawing link
3 Level Tree Diagram - Google Drawing link
Cluster Web - Google Drawing link
3 Step Cycle - Google Drawing link
4 Step Cycle - Google Drawing link
6 Step Cycle - Google Drawing link
3 Step Sequence - Google Drawing link
4 Step Sequence - Google Drawing link
6 Step Sequence - Google Drawing link
4 Circle Web - Google Drawing link
5 Circle Web - Google Drawing link
6 Circle Web - Google Drawing link
9 Circle Web - Google Drawing link
Conclusion
If you have any of your own Google Drawing graphic organizers, please consider sharing them in the comments below. Or if you have a request for a diagram, let me know and I will be glad to create it and add it to the collection for everyone to use.
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Google Draw Graphic Organizers for Teachers
Source: https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/05/graphic-org-drawings.html